“POST MORTEM” 1966 PRESCRIPTION DRUG ADDICTION & ABUSE EDUCATIONAL FILM XD50894
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This film "Post Mortem" shows the often overlooked and sometimes dangerous side effects of over the counter medications such as cold medicine. It shows a narrative of a husband who dies in a car accident after ignoring the warning label on his cold medicine (which probably contained codeine, a mild opioid narcotic). It is a Cine Associates Production (:15). A mother anxiously watches a football game on the television as her children play on the floor (:30). The clock goes off signifying it is dinner time (1:17), although her husband still has not arrived home. The telephone rings (2:12) as the film turns to show the scene of a car wreck (2:17). Police search the scene (2:35). The husband; John Long, was killed instantly in the accident in November of 1966 (2:55). The body is loaded to be taken to the morgue (3:13) as an officer spots a bottle of red cold medicine pills in the center console (3:40). Scenes from the day before show John hunting for cold medicine in the pharmacy (3:55). At breakfast before work, John is still ill (4:33) though he decides to go to work anyway. John sets his medication down on a newspaper article warning consumers of the dangers of driving while taking certain medications (4:54). John nearly forgets to take his pills with him to work and his wife runs them to his car (5:36). He arrives at the Miller & Larry construction yard (5:53). As he scours around the job site the film notes this was an important job he hoped would lead him to bigger, better paying jobs (6:51). John crosses the bridge he crosses daily, for the last time (7:53). While he had a clean driving record and never drank and drove (8:17) he was unaware of the affects of his cold medicine (8:29). John pulls off to his last stop at a diner (8:58) where he takes another dose of medication (9:47). He phones his wife to inform her he’ll be home for dinner (10:11). As the sun sets and turns to night, John begins to get drowsy (11:00). He loses control of the vehicle and crashes (11:53) as the warning label on his medication is zoomed in on (11:58). Other over the counter medications with similar side effects are noted in a pharmacy including Pertussin (12:09), Biamydrin (12:19) and Excedrin (12:20). A traffic cop guides traffic around the accident (12:34) as the film delivers a warning about taking medications and operating vehicles or heavy machinery. The credit screen follows (12:55). The film was produced by Cine Associates Inc. (13:36).
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I really enjoy these films you produce. 💯👍👍😎
And Jerry Mathers as the pharmacist
That was my first thought when I saw the pharmacist too!
Yeah, maybe the dead guy would still be alive if he hadn't taken advice from a pharmacist that wasn't old enough for a driver's license or see an R rated movie.
He looks a bit like Kurt Russell.
The actor playing the husband looks familiar. I want to say he may have been in a TV series in the 70's or 80's.
He looks like a clean cut Brad Pitt to me
Says Dave Richardson in credits.
@@huwzebediahthomas9193 I tried Googling him and only turn up a younger actor with that name. I also used the name David Richardson. He looks very familiar.
I love these films you make ❤️
2:12 - The original touch-tone buttons of the 60's: just 1-0, before the # and * buttons were added.
You can tell she's worried by the fact she's watching an NBC football broadcast with Curt Gowdy
And smoking
Many nonprescription drugs were quite powerful when I was a kid. Drowsiness used to be a powerful side effect of taking many cough, cold or anti-allergy medicines. I hated taking any of the damned stuff. But some people loved it. (This isn't really a "drug addiction" video, BTW.)
Antihistamines for 1
Antihistamines otc are still sleep inducing. People use them to boost prescription benzodiazepines or sleeping pills, or with alcohol. People similarly abuse cough medicine, drinking it like a beverage to get high. Caffeine pills like NoDoz Orin migraine meds are all available otc. OTC doesn’t mean safe you can’t OD or that large amounts are safe. Too many people are just plain stupid.
Is it me, or were there an excess of architects and ad executives in the 1960’s?
Architect Mike Brady of the Brady Bunch
Filmed in the Maryland suburbs.
Traffic fatalities per miles traveled has dropped consistently year after year. In '66, the number was about 5.5 fatalities per 100 million miles traveled. In 2021, the number was 1.33 per 100 million miles. I assume this classic video is the reason why.
Or that cars are designed for safety now? Or that over the counter medicines were stronger back then? Actually, it's probably the video.
@@ericy1005 Lol, exactly ;)
wish we still had more of those drowsy medicines that keep getting adjusted to remove the drowsiness.
better yet make things all available without scripts. patient can take what he wants.
>> POST MORTEM” 1966 PRESCRIPTION DRUG ADDICTION & ABUSE
Actually this film is about non-prescription, over-the-counter drugs.
A glimpse of the past , unfortunately man has been addicted to narcotics for hundreds of thousands of years and it will keep on repeating itself until the end of time
Curt Gowdy on the call
Nice house.
Sad no normal American could ever afford such a house now.
We have gone backwards . 😡💀
2022 2024 VOTE 🇺🇲
It's possible... work four jobs and save up a million $... no sweat.
Timely even today
Always follow the directions on the package.
🏆🏆🏆👍🇺🇲🙏
Thank you for sharing
How times haven't changed. It's pharmaceutical opioids these days.
Dang, what kind of pills did he take?😃🤔
Coke, junk,speed well ok, even booze, but don't mess with cold pills, just a fair warning.
Long johns
Green Hornets car
I’m like KATO my rhymes are Green Hornet 🥷
I thought the Green Hornet drove an Imperial. He’s driving a Mercury.
@@larkatmic same guy built the batmobile , theres a documentary about it ,maybe there was two versions built I think.Both supr cool cars.
OTC drugs were dangerous then?? I don't think so.
Were, not "where." And yes they were -- much more so than today. The "red pills" here are Chlor-Trimeton (Chlorpheniramine), an antihistamine that could cause dizziness and drowsiness.
They weren't dangerous, usless you were doing something you needed to be awake for. The OTC decongestants, antihistamines, nasal sprays & cough syrups were all on the no-fly list!
We used to make kitchen meth with those red 💊's